ACCIDENT:
- Work platform suspended on the top floor, approximately 100 meters high;
- Part of the platform collapsed and workers were suspended by their seat belts;
- A scaffolder who was connected to the platform fell along with it and died on the spot;
- The rest were rescued by the fire department using an aerial basket and crane.
PREVENTION:
- Certification of the platform’s structural design by a company specialized in structural calculations or structural consultant;
- Ditto for other items of the collective fall protection system;
- Risk analysis with the participation of the platform design sectors, structural consultant, platform assembler or rental company and work safety engineering;
- Supervision of the assembly of the structure according to the project;
- Load tests on elements defined in the project or in the risk analysis;
- Specific training for work on the proposed platform;
- Rescue plan
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